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ART 221 HISTORY OF WESTERN ART I Prehistory to Pre-Renaissance

FINDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The reference collection is a good place to begin looking for information especially if

you donrsquot know much about your topic and need a place to start

need help choosing a topic (or broadening it or narrowing it down) or

need some suggestions for further reading The following print and online titles may help you with background information or an overview of your topic in art history All of these works contain articles on some aspect of art or biographical information on artists The print titles are located in the reference section and listed in Library of Congress call number the online databases can be accessed from the A ndash Z list on the libraryrsquos home page Encyclopedia of Aesthetics REF BH 56 E53 1998 New Catholic Encyclopedia REF BX 841 N44 2003 Also available in Gale Virtual Reference Library New Dictionary of the History of Ideas REF CB 9 N49 2005 Celtic Culture A Historical Encyclopedia REF CB 206 C45 2006 Ancient Europe 8000 BC ndash AD 1000 Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World REF D 62 A52 2004 Great Events from History The Ancient World 25000 BCE-476 CE REF D 65 G74 2004

Dictionary of the Middle Ages REF D 114 D5 Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages REF D 114 O94 2010 Great Events from History The Middle Ages 477-1453 BCE REF D 119 G74 2005 The Crusades An Encyclopedia REF D 155 C78 2006 Medieval Ireland An Encyclopedia REF DA 933 M43 2005 Medieval France An Encyclopedia REF DC 332 M44 1995 Also available EBSCO eBooks Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition REF DF 757 D53 2000 Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire REF DG 270 B86 2002 Medieval Italy An Encyclopedia REF DG 443 M43 2004 Medieval Scandinavia An Encyclopedia REF DL 30 M43 1993 Medieval Iberia An Encyclopedia REF DP 99 M33 2003 Civilizations of the Ancient Near East REF DS 57 C55 1995 Medieval Jewish Civilization An Encyclopedia REF DS 124 M386 2003 Africana The Encyclopedia of the AfricanhellipExperience REF DT 14 A37435 2005 Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt REF DT 58 O94 2001 Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life REF GT 31 G74 2004 Grove Dictionary of Art REF N 31 D5 1996 Also available Oxford Art Online Encyclopedia of World Art 1959 REF N 31 E533 Adeline Art Dictionary 1966 REF N 33 A223 McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art 1969 REF N 33 M23 Oxford Dictionary of Art REF N 33 O93 1988 LaRousse Encyclopedia of Prehistoric and Ancient Art 1957 REF N 5300 H953 Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture REF N 7830 M87 1996 Also available EBSCO eBooks

Dictionary of Architecture and Construction REF NA 31 H32 1993 Also available Credo

Biography in Context Credo Reference Gale Virtual Reference Library Oxford Art Online Oxford Reference Online

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Pelican History of Art Series

Prehistoric Art in Europe 1968 N 5310 S32 Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt 1958 N 5350 S5 Ars Sacra 800-1200 1972 N 6245 L37 Art and Architecture of Ancient America 1962 N 6502 K8 Art and Architecture in Italy 1250-1400 N 6915 W95 Early Christian and Byzantine Art 1970 N 7832 B3 Greek Architecture 1957 NA 270 L36 Etruscan and Roman Architecture 1965 NA 360 B6 Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture 1965 NA 360 K7 Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture 800-1200 1959 NA 390 C74 Gothic Architecture 1963 NA 440 F683 Architecture in Britain in the Middle Ages 1957 NA 963 W4 Sculpture in Britain in the Middle Ages 1955NB 463 S8 Painting in Europe 800-1200 1971 ND 140 D63 Painting in Britain in the Middle Ages 1954 ND 463 R5

FINDING MATERIAL IN THE CATALOG

You can look for materials in the librarys online catalog by author title or subject or keyword The online catalog has some powerful searching features such as limiting your search to location language etc You may access the libraryrsquos catalog by going to the library web page (wwwlibraryehcedu ) Please note that this catalog includes Kelly Libraryrsquos holdings as well as the libraries of King University and the public libraries of Washington and Tazewell counties Since this group is known as Holston Associated Libraries you may hear the catalog referred to as HAL With your student ID card you may check out materials from all of these libraries and can request materials from them through the catalog and have them delivered to EampH Speak with a librarian or circulation staff member for further details J

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The above example is a subject search on Celtic art but you can also search by author title or keyword If you donrsquot have anything specific in mind the following subject headings may be helpful Remember ldquoartrdquo is a huge topic and this is a very selective list Please speak with a librarian or your instructor if you are having difficulty using the catalog Architecture ancient Art Islamic

Architecture Egyptian Art medieval

Architecture gothic Art prehistoric

Architecture Greek Art Roman

Architecture Roman Art Romanesque

Architecture Romanesque Classical antiquities

Art ancient Pottery Greek

Art Byzantine Pottery Roman

Art early Christian Sculpture Greek

Art Egyptian Sculpture gothic

Art Etruscan Sculpture medieval

Art gothic Sculpture Roman

Art Greek Sculpture Romanesque

Notice that in the catalog authors and subject headings are links so you can click on them to see if there are any more materials under additional headings or the authorrsquos name The example here The Insular Tradition is in Kelly Library and its status is available (check shelves) If you need help locating items with Library of Congress classification system call numbers ask a staff member for help

FINDING MATERIAL BY USING DATABASES Kelly Library subscribes to several online full-text and partially full-text databases that would be helpful in locating material for your research assignments in this class You may access them from the library web page by clicking on the A-Z Databases list To access these databases from off-campus look at p 10 of this guide or click the Off-Campus Connection link on the library home page ARTstor A digital image library Biography in Context

A good source of mostly full-text biographical information

EBSCO Databases Academic Search Complete and Humanities Search Complete These databases are partially full-text and include both popular and scholarly periodicals in a wide variety of academic fields General OneFile General OneFile is another partially full-text multi-subject popular- and scholarly-content database and complements ASC nicely You should have had experience with ASC and GOF in Transitions and English 101

See the following sample searches on cave painting AND Europe in Academic Search Complete and ldquoLascaux Caverdquo in General OneFile Note the use of the asterisk () it will retrieve singular and plural variations of your search words and the use of quotation marks (ldquo ldquo) to search words as a phrase Full-text articles are plainly marked see the article ldquoHidden Symbolsrdquo in New Scientist below

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General OneFile

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JSTOR A database of hundreds of scholarly journals and books Although there is a time lag or ldquomoving wallrdquo of 2-5 years for journals the database goes back to volume 1 issue 1 for each journal

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JSTOR A database of hundreds of scholarly journals and books Although there is a time lag or ldquomoving wallrdquo of 2-5 years for journals the database goes back to volume 1 issue 1 for each journal

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The search on ldquoCeltic artrdquo AND antiquit in the advanced mode yielded 200+ articles Oxford Art Online (formerly Grove Dictionary of Art)

The online version of the well-known reference work In addition to thousands of art-related articles under Tools amp Resources there are some helpful links such as Subject Guides and Timelines of World Art See the following

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Project Muse

PM is a full-text database that consists of over 100 journals from the Johns Hopkins University Press and other academic publishers

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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global PQDampTG is a database of nearly 3 million doctoral dissertations many full-text

World Catalog (WorldCat) It is not full-text itrsquos a bibliographic database of millions of records of books and other materials Itrsquos a good place to identify additional materials not in the library and request them through interlibrary loan See the following advanced subject search on Lascaux Cave limited to English-language books and audiovisual materials non-fiction adult-level items published 1990 ndash 2017

The search results show a title Lascaux Movement Space and Time by Norbert Aujoulat that Kelly Library does not own If you were researching cave paintings you might want to request this title through interlibrary loan

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So What If the Citation You Are Looking At Is Not Full-Text

What do you do if the citation you are looking at in a databasemdashAcademic Search Complete for examplemdashis not full-text in that database You need to search the E-Journals by Title list under Books Articles and More column on the library home page Click on Publications and type in the periodical title Look at the example below In the Academic Search Complete results (not visible in the screen shot on p 4 of this guide) there is an article ldquoSexual Dimorphism in European Upper Paleolithic Cave artrdquo in the October 2013 issue of American Antiquity The article is not full-text in Academic Search Complete but it is FT in JSTOR as well as two other databases

Newspaper Databases Newspapers can also be a valuable source of art information particularly for reviews from large-city papers of art exhibitions Kelly Library has the New York Times on microfilm from 1851 - 2015 with accompanying indexes through 1997 for current and back issues the library has an online subscription In addition the library has 4 full-text newspaper services Americarsquos Newspapers Factiva Lexis Nexis and Newspaper Source Plus) These databases cover major and regional US newspapers as well as some international English-language titles Below is an example from Lexis Nexis Academic

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My search for (cave art OR cave painting AND Europe and limited to newspapers only yielded 500+ articles from major city newspapers as well as some periodicals

REMOTE ACCESS You can access all of these databases from off campus To find directions on how to do this click on Off-Campus Connection under the Research column for this information Basically all you need to do is type the library home page address (wwwlibraryehcedu) and then click on the A-Z Databases link The first database you select will cause a login box to appear Enter your user name and password just as if you were logging on to a computer in the library or one of the labs If you are having difficulty with off-campus access please let one of the reference librarians know

INTERLIBRARY LOAN

Although Kelly Library has a large collection of periodicals art books and full-text databases you will find citations to materials this library does not own The library staff can borrow these items for you through the interlibrary loan process There is no charge for the first 50 items requested during the academic year Please carefully choose items to request and double-check the Full-Text Resources list for journal articles and the online catalog for books to be sure that Kelly Library does not already own the material Also the library staff asks that you do not submit more than 10 requests for returnable material (books) at one time You should allow 3-4 days receive article copies and 5-7 days for books To request items through interlibrary loan you will need to register (one time only) on ILLiad our online ordering system The interlibrary loan link is under Services column on the library web page If you need help registering or ordering please ask a library staff member for assistance

DOCUMENTATION Whenever you quote an authorrsquos exact words or paraphrase his or her unique ideas you must credit that source to avoid plagiarism Plagiarism is a serious breach of EampHrsquos Academic Code and the Honor Code Academic fields have various documentation systems to credit the authors such as the MLA APA or Chicago styles In this course your instructor has specified the Chicago Manual of Style Barnetrsquos A Short Guide to Writing about Art (on permanent reserve at the Circulation Desk) includes a chapter on manuscript form and

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documentation with examples that you may find useful If you have documentation questions please consult with your instructor a librarian the Writing Center or look at the Research Tips under the Research column

INTERNET RESOURCES Barnetrsquos A Short Guide to Writing about Art has some good suggestions for reputable art sites on the Internet and tips on how to evaluate them Instead of the regular Google search engine you might also wish to try Google Scholar (scholargooglecom) or some selected art web pages on the Art subject resources page As always apply good judgment and be critical of web sites that are not signed or attributed to an organization reach undocumented conclusions have many typographical errors or have not been recently updated Remember If you need help using or locating any of the materials mentioned in this handout please ask a reference librarian (Jane Caldwell Jody Hanshew Janet Kirby and Holly McCormick) or circulation staff member (Adam Alley Morgan Bitler Kat Lilley Missy Phelps and Courtney Sheets) for assistance If that person cannot help you he or she will direct you to someone who can Visit call or email us wersquore here to help you

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